Survey finds that HD Super Bowl could bring families together

by Darren Murph posted Jan 28th 2009 at 3:53PM

We've seen some pretty outlandish survey results before, but this might just take top honors. A Samsung-commissioned poll has revealed that "an HDTV can entice your spouse to visit the in-laws, even for the Super Bowl, if it means viewing football in high-definition." Heard that? Your family could actually grow fonder of one another if your in-laws are showing the Super Bowl in high-def. The actual results were that 43 percent would make the trek to their in-laws if they could count on watching the big game in HD, with 50 percent of that subset being men and 34 percent being women. The survey also found that 81 percent felt image quality was more important than food, and we're left to wonder what on Earth those other 19 percent are drinking so heavily. Check the read link for even more laughs.

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Filed under: Industry, Misc, Sports

Tags: adoption, hdtv, in-laws, NFL, sport, sports, super bowl, super bowl xliii, SuperBowl, SuperBowlXliii

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Rob @ Jan 28th 2009 4:03PM

Or maybe "futbol" like billions around the world. Right?

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Killersaurus @ Jan 28th 2009 4:47PM

Or you're insane. This is America we're talking about.

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bograt @ Jan 28th 2009 4:13PM

"with 50 percent of that subset being men and 34 percent being women"

And the other 16% being... ?

Key sentence from the article: "Among this group, men are more likely than women to visit the in-laws if there was an HDTV waiting for them (50% vs. 34%). "

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Slappy Wag @ Jan 28th 2009 4:30PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphrodyte

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FreeRange @ Jan 28th 2009 5:10PM

50% of all men versus 34% of all women. So men are split 50/50 and women are 34/66.

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Garst @ Jan 28th 2009 11:34PM

This year I would be able to actually be able to watch the "Super" Bowl if I cared about it still. But with the quality of the game play in professional sports (football is one of the better sports to watch, but I still prefer hockey more) and years on CBS, which is barely watchable, have put me off of ever watching the game. I also don't care for how the executives for sports leagues treat their customers. I'm sure I'm not the only person who feels that they are a criminal when the guy at the end of the game says in a stern voice, "This has been a broadcast of..." I'm not sorry that I stop supporting most sports leagues, they put me off whenever I watched games.

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kevin @ Jan 29th 2009 10:32AM

81% found PQ more important than the food?

Damn...last year, I watch the superbowl on side-by-side decades old 19" CRTs, but pigged out on the best homemade grub available. Best Super Bowl Sunday I've had in a long time.

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